New Zealand Food Safety is supporting Alphagen NZ Limited in its recall of specific batches of Ārepa brand The Brain Drink as it may cause injury due to a packaging fault.

“The concern with some 300ml bottles of Ārepa’s The Brain Drink for Performance is that due to a packaging fault the glass on the top of the bottle maybe chipped,” said NZFS deputy director-general Vincent Arbuckle.

Batch details of the specific products are on the NZFS recall page.

“If you have any of these affected products at home, don’t drink them. You can return them to the place of purchase for a refund. If that’s not possible, throw them out.”

The affected products - which are sold at supermarkets and retailers nationwide - have been removed from store shelves.

They have been exported to Australia, and NZFS has contacted the relevant authorities.

Visit NZFS’s recall page for batch details, up-to-date information and photographs of the affected product.

NZFS has received a notification of associated injury. 

“As is our usual practice, NZFS will work with Alphagen to understand how this happened and implement corrective actions,” said Arbuckle.

"The vast majority of food sold in New Zealand is safe, but sometimes problems can occur.

"Help keep yourself and your family safe by subscribing to our recall alerts."

Information on how to subscribe is on the NZFS food recall page.